Wednesday 15 May 2013

adventures in dyeing ~ part one

While at Wonderwool I treated myself to some plain skeins of merino/tencel sock yarn... I have great plans for these little beauties...


I love my Brown-eyed Susan shawl so much - just in time for this seasonally unseasonal May weather (brrrr - nearly lit the wood burner last night but settled for more jumpers and a hot water bottle last night.)

The challenge I set myself was to dye the sock yarn into the purpley shades I love.


I started with KoolAid in grape and tropical fruit but the grape wasn't dark enough for me. So after a while I decided to over dye with some violet food colouring I had in the cupboard... Et voila! the purpley shade I was looking for.

So, three skeins ready to be knitted into another gorgeous Brown-eyed Susan - just the project for long summer road trips. Almost can't wait! Meanwhile the circles throw is growing bit by bit. (75 square circles down - 244 to go...)  Hurrah!

5 comments:

  1. Love those colors! I've been spinning some plain wool and hope to be doing some dying soon....red onions and Lichen! Can't wait!

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    1. Sounds heavenly! I'm loving this new world spinning has opened up for me... Can't wait to see what you magic up! x

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  2. So pretty. I bet it smelled heavenly!

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  3. Gorgeous gorgeous colours there.
    M x

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  4. Absolutely gorgeous colours. I love how it looks just hanging there, ready to be knitted. We've had the heating on the last few evenings, it's so chilly! x

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